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Intellectual Property Law.

This document outlines the lecture plan for a course on Intellectual Property Law. It is divided into 8 modules that will cover the key Indian IP acts like the Copyright Act of 1957, Patents Act of 1970, Trademarks Act of 1999, and more. Some of the major topics to be discussed include concepts of copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of IP; provisions of the relevant acts; international treaties; and remedies for infringement. The course will also examine new additions to the syllabus like the National IPR Policy of 2016 and drafting of IP instruments. Relevant case studies, law reports, journals, and textbooks will be referred to understand this area of law.

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Intellectual Property Law.

This document outlines the lecture plan for a course on Intellectual Property Law. It is divided into 8 modules that will cover the key Indian IP acts like the Copyright Act of 1957, Patents Act of 1970, Trademarks Act of 1999, and more. Some of the major topics to be discussed include concepts of copyright, patents, trademarks, and other forms of IP; provisions of the relevant acts; international treaties; and remedies for infringement. The course will also examine new additions to the syllabus like the National IPR Policy of 2016 and drafting of IP instruments. Relevant case studies, law reports, journals, and textbooks will be referred to understand this area of law.

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Intellectual Property Law


Lecture Plan:

MODULE- 1
1. Concept of IPR
2. Jurisprudential Study
A. Property
B. Rights
C. Possession
D. Ownership
3. Theories of IPRs
4. GATT and TRIPS
5. New IPR Policy 206.

MODULE-2: The Copyright Act 1957

1. Concept of copyright and Berne convention.


2. Subject matter of Copyright
3. Ownership, possession
4. Licensing, Assignment
5. International Copyrights.
6. Neighbouring Rights.
7. Infringement of Copyright
8. Fair Dealing and Fair use
9. Remedies under Copyrights Act
10. Criminal Remedies
11. Civil remedies
12. Administrative remedies.

MODULE-3: The Patents Act 1970.

1. Concept of Patent.

2. Paris convention, TRIPS, Patent system in India.

3. Patentability-Invention -Novelty, Inventive steps, new invention.

4. National Application, PCT Application, convention Application.

5. Registration procedure and drafting of specification, Grant of Patent

6. PCT Application, convention Application.

7. Pre-grant opposition, post –grant opposition, Revocation of Patents,

Licensing, compulsory licensing,


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8. Infringement of Patents, Defences, Remedies.-

MODULE-4: Trademark Act 1999.

1. Concept of Trade mark, TRIPS on Trade marks

2. Registered and unregistered trademark, Definition sections,

3. Effect of registration, rights conferred by registration,

4. Protection of trade marks under Madrid protocol

5. International Application originating from India

6. Assignment and Transmission of Trade mark.

7. Use of trade mark, registered user, Collective trade marks

8. Infringement of trade marks, Remedies.

MODULE-5: The Design Act 2000. & Semi-conductor, Integrated Circuit lay out design Act 2000

1. Concept of Design, significance in commerce and industry.

2. Convention, TRIPS on Design

3. Copyright in Design, registration of design, Piracy of registered design

4. Industrial and international exhibitions of design

5. Protection of design.

6. Historical development of Integrated Circuit Lay out design, Industrial significance.

MODULE-6: The GI of goods (registration and protection) ACT 1999

1. Concept of GI and Historical development.

2. Registration of GI, Prohibition of registration, opposition of registration.

3. Trade Marks and prior user, Effect of registration,

4. Application of registration of Authorised user.

5. Infringement of GI. Case study- Darjeeling tea.

MODULE-7: PPVFRA 2001 and Bio-Diversity Act 2002.

MODULE: 8- Drafting of IPR instruments, Innovation and Entrepreneurship.

New Addition in the syllabus: New IPR Policy 2016, Drafting IP Instruments, Innovation and
Entrepreneurship.

Relevant study-AIR, SCC, PCT. (Law Reports)


IP Journal: Manupatra, E-JAIRIPA (CNLU), I P BULLETINE (CNLU), CSIR publication.
Books: Bare Act, P.Narayanan, N S Gopal Krishnan, Bentley. Any other Indian author.

Prof. Dr. S.C.ROY

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